The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cardiff region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank - 34 32
Contract jobs citing C 0 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff - 0.444% 1.240%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.613% 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% -1.36%
All Programming Languages
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
39 62 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 21.20% 27.56% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 42 41
Average daily rate £375 £275 £337
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -18.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £200 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £36.25 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
South Wales

C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cardiff C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited C.

1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) MS Project
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) RUP
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) NHS

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
1 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft